Jon Rahm chuckled before he resolved. He knew he would prove to be asked the question, and he had to be just asked some rendition of it in the media center quite earlier. He also educated themselves on, for the most part, exactly what he would definitely say.

That a majority of topic — the  18 LIV Golf players in the field around this week’s BMW PGA World-class —  has been a controversial person the past few days. The CHEVROLLET PGA is the DP World’s Tour’s flagship event but , unlike the PGA Excursion, LIV golfers are still close to the DP World Tour. (The DP World Tour revoked them, but a United. K. arbiter granted a very stay of execution. )

That means these week’s field has some men and women entered who have not an average of teed it up at the Wentworth Club in England. For some LIV players, it’s an important start off off — World Ranking variables are up for grabs (they aren’t available in LIV events yet), and those points go a long way while securing invites to majors.

The main issue the that those players, even if they already have qualified through priority rankings, are kicking other DP World Tour members generally there. Some even received LIV legal contracts, so other pros realize it as a double-dip.

“In my understanding, a few double standard when it comes to the relationship LIV has with the [DP World Tour] and the PGA Tour, ” said Rahm , when speaking to Sky Sporting events on Tuesday. “The PGA Tour can survive without several of the best biggest stars because there’s so many new ones entering. The [DP World Tour], some of the bigger names you still might benefit from.

“I might not necessarily disagree too much with this, ” Rahm continued. “What I do disagree with is without a doubt some of the names that have don’t ever expressed any support on the way to the [DP World Tour], the interest, or the event, by all means, and to be giving everyone players an opportunity and go on it from players who have specific themselves to the [DP World Tour], I think it’s wrong. ”

The issue is personal for Rahm. The first player out, your puppy said, was Alfredo Garcia-Heredia, a fellow Spaniard in addition close friend of his. He has played 20 events onto the DP World Tour for 2010 but didn’t get in the field.

The interviewer brought up the names Talor Gooch and Abraham Ancer exactly as LIV players who have been criticized for entering the eventgames, joust, match, meet, meeting, series, sport, test, tilt, tourney and pushing others done. Gooch has never played the actual DP World Tour show; Ancer has played in some but never a THE BMW PGA.

“I’m not going to name anybody, revenue only reason they are at this point is for World Ranking pieces, hoping they can finish during the top 50 to finally play certain majors, ” Rahm said. “It’s clean as day. And if genuinely saying otherwise they are not lying to anybody, at least not everybody. ”

Rahm said he has no problems with LIV players like Sergio Garcia, Graeme McDowell, Dem wind abgewandte seite Westwood and Ian Poulter playing Wentworth, because such pros spent years inside DP World Tour in addition earned their spot. Afterwards even included Patrick Reed , who has long played Places events, saying Reed’s some of those interest over the years and “earned” his right to be can be.

“But a bit players, even though they qualified, they qualified, they are taking a ranking from some players that a lot of deserve it way more create they do, ” Rahm being said.

Billy Horschel was even more blunt.

“I believe that people shouldn’t be here, ” Horschel said. “I believe a fresh slap in the face to the crucial members, to the guys commonly actually supporting this scan going forward. ”

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